Taimali Township
Sign in to saveTaimali Township () is a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan. It has a population of 10,763 in 96.6523 km2 area. Taimali Township is located on the Pacific coast. The indigenous Amis and Paiwan peoples make up one-third of the population.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Taimali Township太麻里鄉
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural township
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 台東縣太麻里鄉 太麻里市區 - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Tjavualji_-_Thàimâlí_-_(Taimali,_Taitung_County).svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Taimali Township in Taitung County
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Location
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Taitung County, Taiwan
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 97
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- 10723
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.other_name
- Tamari
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Taimali Township () is a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan. It has a population of 10,763 in 96.6523 km2 area. Taimali Township is located on the Pacific coast. The indigenous Amis and Paiwan peoples make up one-third of the population.
==History== Tjavualji was established 1,000 years ago by the Qian YaoKao, also called the Da Ma, who were ancestors of the Paiwan people. Qing era records show the placename written variously (), etc. According to Paiwan legend it had been called "the village of sunrise" (Jabauli or Tjavualji in Paiwan language) because there the sun rises from the eastern sea.